Insurance

Since Commercial business is more time-consuming to learn and can often be difficult to place, many agents just didn’t find it worth the investment. So, we decided to put together the Smart Start Program as a way to help agents make this transition, and lead them to higher growth and profitability.

It was Baby Boomers who first had a real attachment to their vehicles. As the largest generation, Baby Boomers had the economic muscle that led to the collector car insurance marketplace. Here's how car collectors and other specialty insurance clients can help grow your business.

Referrals are easier to get than gold nuggets. Gold nuggets have to be searched for; referrals are free for the asking.

From engagement rings to family heirlooms, your client’s jewelry and other valuables are timeless and important. Luckily, there are steps they can take to help keep these items safe. Insurance experts from Travelers have put together the following advice to help your customers protect their most treasured possessions.

The most successful sales people are the ones who know how to have meaningful conversations to connect with their buyer. Sales is really about one thing – cultivating relationships. Because a relationship opens a door for you with a prospect, and the trust cultivated from navigating that relationship is what closes the deal.

Look for a new way to do something you have always done the same way. This is tough to do, but once you start, you will be pleasantly surprised by what you find.

If you’re a Smart Choice® partner, then you understand the benefits of joining an agency network. One of the most common reasons agents join a network is to gain access to carriers and markets that are otherwise unobtainable for them. I’ve got 26 more reasons why your decision to join and stay in Smart Choice® is a smart move!

Despite the opportunities, specialty products are often underpromoted. Yet they offer multiple ways to cross-sell to current policyholders while creating a steady flow of new prospects. Here are four tips for boosting your business.

There are positives and negatives to both models of insurance businesses, but it really comes down to individual needs and wants. If you’ve recently looked into opening your own insurance agency, and you aren’t sure whether you should go the captive or independent route, look no further.

This is a question we hear most often, and it varies! We provide access to over 85 national and regional carriers — both standard and nonstandard markets.

Right now, we offer a large variety of carriers to our agents, but we are constantly working to add more standard carriers for personal, commercial, and life and health.

Smart Start is an online platform that allows agents access to personal and commercial lines carriers in a user-friendly way.